Mop bucket with a sliding base

ABSTRACT

A mop bucket has a sliding base to engage with for moving around freely. The sliding base has an L-shaped frame to engage and support the body from a bottom thereof, and plural castors for the mop bucket to be moved in every direction; also, the mop bucket is detachable from the sliding base for water filling and emptying.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a mop bucket, particularly to one thathas a sliding base for moving in every direction and for convenientlyfilling and emptying the water.

2. Description of the Related Art

When it comes to floor cleaning, mopping is the most common choice.During the mopping, the dirts cleaned by a mop needs to be rinsed offrepeatedly, and then the mop needs to be dewatered after the rinsingevery single time. However, in such process, there is a problem—barehands cannot deal with the repeated movement of twisting for dewatering.A mopping device applied with rotation and centrifugal force istherefore developed so that the users do not need to spend a lot ofefforts in twisting and drying the mop. Such mopping device has aconventional structure as shown in FIG. 1: a mop 100 including an outerrod 120, a locker 130, an inner rod 140, and a disc 150 and cottonstrips 160, and a mop bucket 200 including a bucket body 210, a space220 for water filling, a dewatering basket 230, and a handle 240. Whenperforming mopping, the dirts on cotton strips 160 are rinsed off in thespace 220 and then put in the dewatering basket 230 to be ready fordewatering. Then the outer rod 130 is repeatedly pushing down andpulling up to drive the inner rod 140 to rotate and cause the disc 150and the dewatering basket 230 to rotate in high speed, thus throwing thewater on the cotton strips 160 away with the centrifugal force; thewater thrown by the rotation then flows into the mop bucket 200.

Since the rinsing is repeatedly performed, the mop bucket 200 needs tobe near around the users for convenience, and the water in the mopbucket 200 needs to be replaced for several times before the mopping iscompleted. Obviously, the portability of the mop bucket 200 becomesanother issue to be improved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A primary object of the present invention is to provide a mop bucketthat can be moved in every direction to be easily available duringmopping.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mop bucket thatis detachable from a sliding base for convenient water filling andemptying.

In order to achieve the objects above, the present invention has asliding base engaged under a mop bucket. The mop bucket includes a bodyhaving a top thereof as an opening, an engaging base extending from abottom thereof with an axle arranged on said engaging base; a dewateringsection mounted on the axle; and a rotating element mounted on the axleunder the dewatering section for the dewatering section to be rotatable;

wherein the sliding base is engaging the bottom of the body and has aframe which includes a vertical periphery extending from a surfacethereof to form an L shape so that when the body is disposed on thesliding base, the vertical periphery would cover a bottom edge of thebody and the surface would support the bottom of the body, and the framefurther includes a plurality of castors for the mop bucket to be movedin every direction;

whereby the mop bucket is disposed on the sliding base for moving inevery direction but it is also detachable therefrom for water fillingand emptying; and the detachable design allows stacking for convenientstorage and transportation.

Furthermore, the body includes a handle on a top periphery thereof. Theframe includes four castors for moving around. And the opening of thebody, the bottom of the body, and the frame of the sliding base are8-shaped.

As disclosed above, the present invention has features as following.

1. The castors allow the mop bucket to be moved freely for convenientmopping and cleaning the mop during the mopping.

2. The mop bucket is detachable from the sliding base for easily waterfilling and emptying.

3. Because of the detachable design, elements of the present inventioncan be separately stacked for storage and transportation with less spaceneeded.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mop and a mop bucket in the prior art;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the present invention beingmoved;

FIG. 5 is another schematic diagram illustrating the present inventionbeing moved; and

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a mop bucket, a dewateringsection and a sliding base thereof being separately stacked.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to FIGS. 2-3, the present invention—a mop bucket with asliding base 10—mainly includes a mop bucket 20 and a sliding base 30.The mop bucket 20 includes a body 21, a dewatering section 25, and arotating element 26.

The body 21 has a top thereof as an opening 22, a space 28 arrangedaside for water filling and mop cleaning, an engaging base 23 extendingfrom a bottom thereof at the other side with an axle 24 mounted on theengaging base 23. The dewatering section 25 is mounted on the axle 24and the rotating element 26 is mounted on the axle 24 under thedewatering section 25 for which to be rotatable in order to dry the mop.

The sliding base 30 is engaging the bottom of the body 21 and has aframe 31 which includes a vertical periphery 311 extending from asurface 312 thereof to form an L shape so that when the body 21 isdisposed on the sliding base 30, the vertical periphery 311 would covera bottom edge of the body 21 and the surface 312 would support thebottom of the body 21; the frame 31 further includes a plurality ofcastors 32 for the mop bucket 20 to be moved in every direction. In thisembodiment, there are four castors 32 to ensure a stable moving.

In this embodiment, the opening 22 of the body 21 and the bottom of thebody 21 are 8-shaped, so that when performing rotation dewatering, thewater drops thrown by the centrifugal force would be blocked by an innerwall of the body 21 and then flow down to the space 28. In other words,the 8-shaped design is able to prevent the water drops from spilling. Inaddition, the sliding base 30 is arranged in 8-shaped as well since itis designed to fitly support the body 21 from under.

FIGS. 4-5 further illustrate structure of a handle 27 on the body 21.The handle 27 is designed for a user to easily hold and move the mopbucket with the sliding base 10. FIG. 4 shows the handle 27 arrangedalong a major axis of the body 21 and FIG. 5 shows the handle 27arranged along a minor axis of the body 21.

Moreover, when the mop bucket 20 needs to fill in or empty the water,the mop bucket 20 can be detached from the sliding base 30 for easilyfilling and emptying. Also, the detachable design allows the mop bucket20, the sliding base 30, and the dewatering section 25 to be separatelystacked for storage and transportation without taking too much space asshown in FIG. 6.

All in all, the present invention has the sliding base 30 with castors32 for conveniently moving around and for its users to easily cleaningand drying the mop. Also, the detachable design allows water filling andemptying without difficulties or inconveniences, and allows the elementsto be separately stacked for storage and transportation without takingtoo much space.

Although a particular embodiment of the invention has been described indetail for purposes of illustration, various modifications andenhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except asby the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A mop bucket with a sliding base, said mop bucketcomprising a body having a top thereof as an opening, an engaging baseextending from a bottom thereof with an axle arranged on said engagingbase; a dewatering section mounted on the axle; and a rotating elementmounted on the axle under the dewatering section for the dewateringsection to be rotatable; wherein the sliding base is engaging the bottomof the body and has a frame which includes a vertical peripheryextending from a surface thereof to form an L shape so that when thebody is disposed on the sliding base, the vertical periphery would covera bottom edge of the body and the surface would support the bottom ofthe body, and the frame further includes a plurality of castors for themop bucket to be moved in every direction; whereby the mop bucket isdisposed on the sliding base for moving in every direction but it isalso detachable therefrom for water filling and emptying; and thedetachable design allows stacking for convenient storage andtransportation.
 2. The mop bucket with a sliding base as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the body further includes a handle on a top peripherythereof.
 3. The mop bucket with a sliding base as claimed in claim 1,wherein the frame includes four castors for moving around.
 4. The mopbucket with a sliding base as claimed in claim 1, wherein the opening ofthe body, the bottom of the body, and the frame of the sliding base are8-shaped.